Government action expected soon

Senior officials in Zimbabwe met last week to discuss the crisis threatening the future of the game in the country.

Aeneas Chigwedere, the sports minister, held talks with Gibson Mashingaidze, the chairman of the Sport and Recreation Commission, last Thursday. The minister had been criticised in some quarters for not acting on a SRC report which slammed Zimbabwe Cricket and called for changes in the senior management.

Neither party was willing to reveal what had been discussed, but a spokesman for Chigwedere said that a statement would be issued shortly.

It is widely speculated that the existing board will be replaced with an interim executive which will run the game until the next AGM in August.